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Amazing things have happened this year at White Rock Local Market. We are a tiny nonprofit, moving up to be a small one, and our small but devoted crew has worked hard to realize our goals…. We are so grateful for all of the wonderful experiences we have had this year.

Like this:

Join WRLM on Nov 3rd when we’ll learn about backyard chickens and beekeeping in the am at the Unitarian Church of Dallas – then those who want to learn how to “process” their own chicken will have lunch, and head out to Fruth Farms for that demo.

Lunch is from Brian Luscher’s Post Oak Red Hots – a huge hit at WRLM!

For those simply wanting to volunteer, they are invited to Love Your Farmer Day at Fruth Farms in the afternoon. Caroline Fruth has put together a list of easy and difficult chores to help with – from laying fertilizer and seed in a field, to building a goat shed, even help with branding and other goat/ calf maintenance.

So, for those wanting to learn how to raise hens for eggs, or bees for honey, or where their meat comes from, we have a clear demonstration of “Farm to Plate,” and for those wanting to help out a small organic farmer, we have that, too!

White Rock Local Market is organizing the first in a series of Love Your Farmer Days, in which customers and patrons of WRLM donate their time and muscle power to help the farmers and ranchers that supply us with fresh produce, dairy products and meat.

The Love Your Farmer Days project realizes our core mission to create and strengthen relationships between consumers and food producers, by providing opportunities for our community to learn from – and help – small farm and ranch operations in north Texas.

Love Your Farmer Days participants will witness first hand the amount of work required to bring food to the table. Supporters of all ages will have an opportunity to lend a hand and assist with farm chores from weeding, digging and planting to building chicken coops and mending structures. Along the way, we will experience a more personal link to our food supply, and bring that knowledge home to our own kitchens and gardens.

One of the most rewarding things about being part of WRLM has been watching consumers build relationships with our fabulous vendors. We want Love Your Farmer Days to take it a step further, and create a real, direct and personal connection.

The first Love Your Farmer Days work session will be held September 29 2012 at Farmer Jones Plants and Produce in Poetry, Texas. Stay tuned for details!!!

In addition to all of our amazing food artisans and produce this weekend:

1. WRLM welcomes Paul Quinn College to the market this Saturday! Our newest vendor will begin selling organic produce at WRLM – grown on two acres of their converted football field. You can also buy certified organic blueberries from Berry Best Farm in LaRue, Texas – get them while they last! We also welcome organic growers Larken Farms and Alpha Omega Acres, Lightsey Farms, and regulars Texas Worm Ranch, Farmer Jones Plants and Produce, Rae Lilli Farms, and many more.

2. This Saturday is Community Garden Day at WRLM – we’ll have lots of extra LOCAL produce from right down the road, from Paul Quinn College We Over Me Organic Farm, Promise of Peace Garden, Lake Highlands Community Garden, Hexter Elementary Garden and Stonewall Jackson Garden, Live Oak Community Garden, and Bon Aire Community Garden. Come support the LOCAL in WRLM…

3. What are Community Gardens all about anyway? WRLM explains it all Saturday during our Community Garden Day… Have you ever wanted to start your own community garden, or join one? Want to learn how to garden in raised beds? Wondering how to keep your garden alive in the drought of 2012? Come to WRLM’s free demos this Saturday from 9am – 11am and visit the booths of our guest community gardens. 9am – Raised bed gardening with Heather Rinaldi from Texas Worm Ranch; 9:45 – Best Practices for Water Use in 2012 from the Dallas Office of Environmental Quality – they’ll also have tips on starting a community garden in Dallas; 10:30 – How to Start a Community Garden from Steve Clary of Texas Worm Ranch, Lake Highlands Community Garden, and Lake Highlands Today.